A keen cyclist has refused to go back on Rhos on Sea promenade on her bike after suffering nasty injuries using the decaying cycle path.

Gani Sumitri-Mills had bought a new bike after being told by her doctor she needed to exercise as often as she could.

But while using the cycle path on July 16 she suffered an accident that left her with badly bruised legs, a grazed arm and a sore hip.

She said: “I’m not a fast cyclist by any means, I was riding along this path when my wheel must have got stuck.

“I put my arm out to stop myself falling but I couldn’t.

“Thankfully, a gentleman called Gordon came over to help me. He told me to ride on the promenade.

“I was really shocked from the whole thing and walked home.

“Because I was wearing a cardigan I hadn’t noticed how badly my arm was bleeding until I got in and took it off.”

The 70-year-old wasn’t going to give up easily, however, and took to the road the following day.

She said: “I took the gentleman’s advice and cycled on the promenade but I was abused by pedestrians who told me to use the cycle path.

“After my injuries I will not go back on that cycle path again.

“The whole thing left me shaken up, I’ve been out on my bike again but I’m not going down to the promenade at all.

“The money they have spent on the promenade, making it attractive for tourists – but it’s people like me who have lost out.”

Despite Conwy Council conceding the cycle path on Rhos on Sea promenade is “fretting and wearing away”, no work will be done to repair it in the near future.

In response to the complaint, Alan Thomas, who is responsible for environment, roads and facilities, said: “The whole length of the promenade from Rhos on Sea to Old Colwyn is in the process of being reconstructed as part of the Colwyn Bay sea defence and refurbishment scheme, with the whole of this work expected to be completed within the next two and a half years.

“Due to this, any maintenance work we would carry out now to the cycle track or the promenade would be ripped up for the reconstruction work and would be a waste of public money.

“Until this reconstruction work on the promenade is completed we have adopted a policy of just keeping the promenade safe and to ensure this, we regularly inspect it.”

Since the accident Mrs Sumitri-Mills has had to take two painkillers a day for her hip, something which never troubled her before.